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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Qatar	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	627	273	11,075	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	659	274	11,405	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	691	275	11,828	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	724	276	12,380	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	757	278	12,829	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	850	279	13,178	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	280	13,540	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	281	13,917	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	282	14,309	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	283	14,722	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	285	15,152	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	286	15,600	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	287	16,064	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	288	16,563	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	289	17,072	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	290	17,575	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	291	18,094	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	291	18,621	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	292	19,157	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	293	19,698	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	294	20,242	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	294	20,788	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	295	21,336	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	295	21,889	68,457

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Qatar, Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.